2013+MDE+Conference

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 * =My Email to the ESL & Bilingual Teachers the Day the Minnesota Senate Passed the "Path to Prosperity" (Dream) Act.= || This is what I wrote to the teachers I support -- and if you're looking at this page, it's also meant for you. John ||
 * Laura Byard and Ina Ziegler's Presentation: Sentence Frames from Two Perspectives || Slideshow
 * Laura Byard and Ina Ziegler's Presentation: Sentence Frames from Two Perspectives || Slideshow
 * Laura Byard and Ina Ziegler's Presentation: Sentence Frames from Two Perspectives || Slideshow
 * Laura Byard and Ina Ziegler's Presentation: Sentence Frames from Two Perspectives || Slideshow
 * Laura Byard and Ina Ziegler's Presentation: Sentence Frames from Two Perspectives || Slideshow
 * =[[file:breakthroughs.pptx|Breakthroughs & Heresies (2013)]]=
 * ==[[file:breakthroughs-print-version.pptx|Breakthroughs printed version (clearer, shorter)]]==
 * ==[[file:printed-powerpoint-breakthroughs.pdf|Breakthoughs presentation as PDF]]== ||  ||
 * * ==[[file:01-calderon-why-ltels.docx|Calderon on the Nine Factors Contributing to Long-Term English Learners]]==
 * [[file:calderon&allington-back-to-back.pdf|Calderon and Allington in single PDF
 * [[file:calderon&allington-back-to-back.pdf|Calderon and Allington in single PDF
 * * ==[[file:02-allington-alone.docx|Allington on "A Steady Diet of Easy Texts"]]== ||  ||
 * * ==[[file:handout-pack.docx|The handout pack I provided on Friday]] | [[file:handout-pack.pdf|PDF Version]]== ||  ||
 * * ==[[file:08-goldenberg-on-reading-gains-in-bilingual-ed.doc|Bonus: Claude Goldenberg on What Research Says about Bilingual Education]] | PDF Version== ||  ||
 * * = Harvard University's Catherine Snow reports that the most effective ESL teachers speak their students' L1. = || From 2012 article, " What We Know About Second Language Acquisition: A Synthesis From Four Perspectives"

Effective L2 teachers demonstrate sufficient L2 proficiency, strong instructional skills, and proficiency in their students’ L1;
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 * = Do It Yourself Professional Development = ||  ||
 * [|"Hack Your PD"] || Great article about taking control of your own professional development. ||
 * [|MPS Moodle Site] || Free Moodle courses on co-teaching, formative assessment, differentiated instruction, standards-based teaching, & strategies that work ||
 * [| Shaping the Way We Teach] || Free videos, materials, and readings from the University of Oregon ||
 * [| Larry Ferlazzo's English Website] || INCREDIBLE wealth of resources for all teachers ||
 * [| Learn Spanish FREE!] || Destinos: 52-Part free video series on learning to speak Spanish! ||
 * [| Visible Learning] & [|Visible Learning for Teachers] || Educational researcher, John Hattie's, synthesis of the data from 800 meta-analysis on teaching and learning. Widely considered to be the Holy Grail of teaching. ||
 * [| Rick's Reading Workshop] || AMAZING resource for anyone using or thinking about using a workshop model for teaching reading. ||
 * [|Twitter] || You gotta try it! ||
 * [|We Teach We Learn] || Great new site for educators to learn and/or publish. ||
 * [| Professional Development Institute] || Low cost college credit online. Rita's courses (Response to Intervention, Reading Intervention in the Middle Grades, Reading Workshop in the Middle Grades, Common Core Standards in Reading Grades K, 1, or 2, Designing Webquests, Fundamentals of English Language Development) ||
 * [|Lognostics] || SLA vocabulary page. ||
 * [|Reading List] || John & Rita's MUST read list. ||
 * *[|National Board Certification] || BEST professional development EVER! ||
 * [|Common Core Standards] || GREAT "cheat sheet" for the standards (Learning Targets) and progressions (Learning Progressions) from Darke County SD, Ohio. ||
 * == Individualized & All Together: Whole Class Instruction Using Differentiated Texts == ||  ||
 * ===I[[file:mplsesl/Individualized & All Together.pptx|ndividualized & All Together: Whole Class Instruction Using Differentiated Texts]]=== || The PowerPoint for the MDE Conference, Friday, May 2, 2:00 session. ||
 * [[file:allington-alone.docx]] || Brief reading on Allington's findings about "easy" texts. ||
 * [[file:calderon-why-ltels.docx]] || Brief reading on Calderon's research on long-term EL learners. ||
 * [[file:slave-life.pdf]] || Sample text. ||
 * [|Reading A to Z] || Pay for use site for differentiated texts. ||
 * [|Ed Helper] || Pay for use site for differentiated texts. ||
 * [|Online Text Utility Tool] || Tool for leveling texts. ||
 * [|Reading List] || John & Rita's MUST read list. ||
 * *[|National Board Certification] || BEST professional development EVER! ||
 * [|Common Core Standards] || GREAT "cheat sheet" for the standards (Learning Targets) and progressions (Learning Progressions) from Darke County SD, Ohio. ||
 * == Individualized & All Together: Whole Class Instruction Using Differentiated Texts == ||  ||
 * ===I[[file:mplsesl/Individualized & All Together.pptx|ndividualized & All Together: Whole Class Instruction Using Differentiated Texts]]=== || The PowerPoint for the MDE Conference, Friday, May 2, 2:00 session. ||
 * [[file:allington-alone.docx]] || Brief reading on Allington's findings about "easy" texts. ||
 * [[file:calderon-why-ltels.docx]] || Brief reading on Calderon's research on long-term EL learners. ||
 * [[file:slave-life.pdf]] || Sample text. ||
 * [|Reading A to Z] || Pay for use site for differentiated texts. ||
 * [|Ed Helper] || Pay for use site for differentiated texts. ||
 * [|Online Text Utility Tool] || Tool for leveling texts. ||
 * [[file:calderon-why-ltels.docx]] || Brief reading on Calderon's research on long-term EL learners. ||
 * [[file:slave-life.pdf]] || Sample text. ||
 * [|Reading A to Z] || Pay for use site for differentiated texts. ||
 * [|Ed Helper] || Pay for use site for differentiated texts. ||
 * [|Online Text Utility Tool] || Tool for leveling texts. ||
 * [|Reading A to Z] || Pay for use site for differentiated texts. ||
 * [|Ed Helper] || Pay for use site for differentiated texts. ||
 * [|Online Text Utility Tool] || Tool for leveling texts. ||
 * [|Online Text Utility Tool] || Tool for leveling texts. ||
 * [|Online Text Utility Tool] || Tool for leveling texts. ||